So hard to eat enough calories!

[Vee16 33]

I finally started tracking my calorie and Protein intake and am under 500 calories a day. I'm ok on potion about 50-60 but I'm worried about the calories. I'm in phase 2 right now and hopefully tomorrow I will get the green light to go on solids. But I don't see how I can eat more then what I am as it is... Any suggestions?

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[mylighthouse 782]

I remember not getting in enough calories too. I actually stopped losing weight and my nutritionist told me that I wasn't getting enough calories. I was getting in 450-550 a day. She told me I needed to up my calories to at least 600 a day.

Like you, I couldn't fit any more food in my diet. So by suggestion of someone here on BP, I started using my unflavored Protein powder in my drinks, and I even added some extra Protein and calories with my Premier Protein shakes. It gave me that 100-150 calories extra a day to bring my calories up to 600 or a little above.

As a result, I started losing weight again. Slowly, but surely.

[LittleLizzieLilliput 919]

Than you are on the correct path. We are told to not worry about Calories at this point, purely just getting in your Protein and Water. I was getting between 300 and 500 per day for the first month or two. It's Protein that counts. Protein helps us recover and heal, calories we have plenty of in our stored fat.

Don't focus on calories, just on Proteins.

[Vee16 33]

Great advice ladies! Thanks so much!

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